Door-stop



L. R. HAGE.

DOOR STOP.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1920.

1,374,731. I Patented A r. 12,1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LEONELL R. HAGE, OF FAIRFIELD, MONTANA.

DOOR-STOP.

' Application filed May 1,

T 0 (LE whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONELL R. HAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Teton, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Stops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap'pertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to builders hardware, and more especially to door checks; and the object of the same is to produce a buffer or cushion forchecking or stopping the" movement of a door to its closed position, so as to prevent the noise produced in slamming. 4 p

The invention is carried out preferably by attachments to or elaborations in the face plate of the lock and the strike or keeper plate of the frame, and in either case provision is made for adjustments to adaptithe device to doors of different thicknesses, and

perhaps later to set the device so that it willwork successfully although the door or frame or both may change their position a little in time.

Detailsflof construction'are set forthbelow and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 shows the front plate of a lock which is'manufactured with this attachment on it, Fig. 2 a strike plate so manufactured, a section on the line 3- -3 of Fig. 2 V

Fig. t' shows the attachment applied to the front plate of mold lock, Fig. 5 shows the strike plate and its attachment which must be substituted when the structure in Fig; 4 is applied, and Fig. 6 is'a vertical section through the'strikeon'the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. Tie a detailto be referred to hereinafter, and Fig. 8 is a partial view, of the blank from which the lock attachmentin In the drawings I have used the letter F to designate the front plate of an ordinary Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A 12 1921 1920. Serial No. 378,103.

comes to rest against the head on the frame, the plate F moves close across the face of the strike S and the tip of the latch L engages the upper opening 0 while the bolt B when it isprojected enters the lower open- Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, a metal plate or strip 1 projects from the rear edge of the front plate F, preferably opposite the latch L, and is herein shown as turned over at its outer end into a lip 2 under which is carried a bumper such as a rubber block or plug 3. The front edge of the platev Swill be found to be already provided with a little lip against which the beveled end of ,the latch L strikes in closing the door, but in the present invention I elongate this lip into a strip 4 whose outer endis bentat an angle 5 and then carried to'the rear ina flange 6 pierced'with a threaded hole'7,'and the bolt opening 0 may be extended laterally to the angle but is preferably formedv at its upper and lower edges with tongues 8.

The numeral 11 designates aplate or strip having grooves 18 inits upper and lower edges slidablyengaging said t'ongues,;and its outer end is bent to the rear in a flange 16'having a slot 17 The numeral .18 designates a screw whose threads are engaged with the hole 7, this screw having a groove 19 just under its head which is engaged with saidslot; and thereby the screw is swiveled in the flange 16 and threaded in the flange 6, and when it is turnedin one direction or the other the strip 11 is adjusted over the may have a series of openings or preferably a slot 12, and a set screw 13 may engage the fixed strip 4 and have its head standing within this slot, so that after adjustment this screw can be set up tight to hold the parts. j

In the closing of a door equipped with this invention, the latch L strikes first the angle 15 of the adjustable strip, and its tip moves acrossthis stripfi'and drops into the opening 0 at its inner end, and just as the door reaches its closed position the bumper 3 strikes the outer face of the flange 16 so as to check the closing of the door before the latter can strike the head on the frame.

If the parts should warp or otherwise be come changed by time and use, the set screw 13 can be loosened and the other screw turned to adjust the position of the strip slightly as is necessary, or of course a new bumper or plug 3 could be inserted under" the lip 2.

For application of this invention to doors already hung, reference is made to Figs. 4 to 8. The front plate F of the lock is here of the usual type, and in order to provide it with the attachment which otherwise. would have been applied at the time it was made, my invention contemplates a plate or strip 21 whose outer end can be turned over into a lip 22 to carry a bumper or plug 23, whereas its inner end will originally be formed about as seen in Fig. 8. Thatis to say, this end is bifurcated and each arm of the bifurcation includes a long element or tongue 24c and a short element or lip 25, the long element being intended to reach across the plate F and engage its far edge, whereas the short element is intended to engage its near or rear edge. In applying this plate 21 to the lock plate F as seen in Fig. the tongue is bent backas at 26 and the lip is bent back and then forward as seen at 27 thus forming hookswhich closely engage the edges of the plate F and will be passed into recesses cut in the edge of the door behind said plate to admit them.

Thus one part of the attachment can be applied to the lock which is already on the door, but to alter the other so as to coact with the modified look, I prefer to replace the strike with that best seen in Fig. 5. This is in effect a duplicate of the strike shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and already described, excepting that the body of the plate at that point where it has the latch opening is here deflected to the rear as shown at 9- in Fig. 6, and of course the frame must be appropriately cut out to admit a strike thus made. The purpose is obviously to permit insetting the adjustable strip 11 beyond the face of the strike a suhicient distance to allow the plate 21 on the door to pass when the door is closed, because said plate 21 now overlaps the front plate F a distance equal to its own thickness. Otherwise the construction and operation of the device is the same.

I have shown the flange 6 as provided with a hole 7 engaged by the screw, and the latter as swiveled in the slot 17 in the flange 16, but of course this could be reversed or other adjusting means mi ht be adopted. However, I consider it wise to have one of said openings a slot in order that the parts may be readily assembled. Other means than the set screw 13 and slot 12 might be provided for locking the plate after its adjustment, or the adjustment itself might be provided with locking means. I have shown and described this attachment as applied directly I having be clear that the attachment is not limited in its application to this exact position. These and other details are subject to change as experience may indicate, and I reserve the broadest latitude in this respect.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a door stop, the combination with a plate projecting from the free edge of the door, and a bumper inthe projecting end of the plate; of a strip having at one end a flange standing in the path of the bumper as the door closes, and means for adjustably connecting this strip with the door frame.

2. In a door step, the combination with a plate projecting from the free edge of the door, and a bumper in the projecting end of the plate; of a strip having at one end a flange standing in the path of the bumper as the door closes, the strike carried by the door frame, and means for .adjustably connecting said strip with the strike.

3. In a door stop, the combination with a plate projecting from the free edge of the door, and a bumper carried by said plate;

of a strip having at one end a flange standing in the path of the bumper as the door closes, the strike carried by the door frame and having a laterally projecting strip underlying that last-named, and a threaded element connecting the strips and permitting their relative adjustment. 7

I. In a door stop, the combination with a bumper, and means for supporting it at the free edge of the door; of the lock strike 1 carried by the door frame and having a strip projecting from its edge and flanged, an adjustable strip overlying that named and also flanged, and a screw swiveled in one flange and threaded through theother. 5

5. In a door stop, the combination with a bumper, and means for supporting it at the free edge of the door; of-the lock strike carried by the door frame and having a strip projecting from its edge and flanged, an adjustable strip overlying that named and also flanged, a screw swiveled in one flange and threaded throughthe other, one strip being longitudinally slotted, and a set screw fast through said slot and engaging the.

other strip.

6. In a door stop, the combination with a bumper, and means for supporting it at the free edge of the door; of the lock strike adapted for attachment to the door frame and provided with a strip projectingfrom one edge, the strike having an opening with tongues along its horizontal edges, a strip grooves in its edges slidably engaglng said tongues and a flange to be struck by the bumper as the door closes, and means for holding the strip in adjusted position within said opening.

7. The herein described door stop, the same comprisin a plate carrying a bumper at one end and liaving its other end slotted to form tongues and lips for engagement with the front late of a door look; a strike whose body is depressed on a transverse path opposite said plate on the door; a strip whose outer end is adapted to be struck by the bumper as the door closes, and means for adjustably securing the strip in said depressed path.

8. The herein described door stop, the

15 same comprising a plate having means for attaching it across a door lock opposite the latch thereof, and a bumper carried by the plate; a strike plate depressed on a trans verse path across its latch opening, and a strip mounted in said path and projecting beyond the edge of the strike and adapted to be struck by said bumper as the door closes.

In testimony'whereof, I afiix my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED SCHOENSIGEL, E. R. ANGLE. 

